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strategy in america. lindsey lowe and. he's the preacher he's winning nothing people are suggesting she's done for no she says she's a star. alan . time now for the good bad and the insanely ugly good filmmaker charles ferguson ferguson a producer audrey mars won the academy award for best documentary film last night for an inside job a film about the two thousand and unanswered crisis and how the actions of a greedy few ruined the lives of the working class masses ferguson used as spotlight at the oscars to lament the lack of accountability on wall street three years later. i must start by pointing out that three years after own horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud not a single financial executive is going to jail and that's wrong. well said at least those comments brought the issue back into the headlines today should be there every day but bad brian kilmeade he's become a regular on this list this morning on fox and friends with the words organized chaos plastered across the screen kilmeade pose this questi
strategy in america. lindsey lowe and. he's the preacher he's winning nothing people are suggesting she's done for no she says she's a star. alan . time now for the good bad and the insanely ugly good filmmaker charles ferguson ferguson a producer audrey mars won the academy award for best documentary film last night for an inside job a film about the two thousand and unanswered crisis and how the actions of a greedy few ruined the lives of the working class masses ferguson used as spotlight at...
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uncut supporters shut down the bank of america washington d.c. on saturday so this finally the start of european type activism in america to combat the g.o.p.'s reckless austerity measures for more on this i'm joined a studio by ryan clayton washington d.c. spokesman and co-founder of us uncut and via skype johann hari the contributor to the nation magazine ryan johann welcome both you know tom thanks for having us really return to the show thanks for being here. i'm curious first to light. i was going to give your your u.r.l. in there i was going to throw it in and suddenly it occurred to me i know it's dad or is it us uncut or is it just on it's us got a larger orgy have you got it seems like somebody took the dot com and turned it into some kind of right wing something i always had a long time ago that's not a problem word top of the google it's now ok. let me start with you johann what what does uncut me or to come from people in britain have been told by conservatives for the past few years ever since it's deal with this must have absolutely
uncut supporters shut down the bank of america washington d.c. on saturday so this finally the start of european type activism in america to combat the g.o.p.'s reckless austerity measures for more on this i'm joined a studio by ryan clayton washington d.c. spokesman and co-founder of us uncut and via skype johann hari the contributor to the nation magazine ryan johann welcome both you know tom thanks for having us really return to the show thanks for being here. i'm curious first to light. i...
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i am facing revolution as a middle class in america rises up to fight for their right to collectively bargain a one woman brings a face to the cause this week with student harriet rowan from wisconsin. and great and it seems to be coming to its senses but who's controlling its mind will some say it's the us military machine. good evening it's tuesday march first eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm going to soft you're watching our team and our top story today laying out the future of u.s. foreign policy that was the agenda today for u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and she spoke for the house foreign affairs committee and it looks like events each and every day are now changing the global landscape so it's becoming more and more clear that the power and influence of the u.s. government well that's shifting as well are due course kind of receivers out looks into the changing tides of u.s. foreign policy. but. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often time secretary of state hillary clinton charged wi
i am facing revolution as a middle class in america rises up to fight for their right to collectively bargain a one woman brings a face to the cause this week with student harriet rowan from wisconsin. and great and it seems to be coming to its senses but who's controlling its mind will some say it's the us military machine. good evening it's tuesday march first eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm going to soft you're watching our team and our top story today laying out the future of u.s....
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and there is a cynicism in america now about its political leaders. i think his campaign was perhaps the last time in a while that we are going to have really idealistic people believing that they can do something by electing somebody as president. and that, of course, that is, perhaps, the biggest casualty. tavis: i think you are right about that. i have said that. a lot has said that lately. that idealism is alive, and when that goes away, it does not come back every two years, four years. it does not quite work that way. his name is charles ferguson, the winner of this year's oscar for best documentary, called "inside job." you can get it on dvd and blu- ray. thank you. >> thank you very much. tavis: that is our show for this time. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i am tavis smiley. join me next time. a conversation with legends smokey robinson on his new cd. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his
and there is a cynicism in america now about its political leaders. i think his campaign was perhaps the last time in a while that we are going to have really idealistic people believing that they can do something by electing somebody as president. and that, of course, that is, perhaps, the biggest casualty. tavis: i think you are right about that. i have said that. a lot has said that lately. that idealism is alive, and when that goes away, it does not come back every two years, four years. it...
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and how did make you feel to find out that the largest corporation in america pays no income tax thanks to an exposé in the new york times today we now know that it's true g.e. or general electric reported five point one billion dollars in profits from business done within the u.s. last year but they've paid zero income tax and in fact claim a tax benefit of three point two billion dollars so it's another example of corporate tax evasion joining the ranks of bank of america exxon mobil and we can only guess how many other companies out there are doing the same and it's all done through various strategies including lobbying g.e. is spent more than two hundred million dollars in the last ten years lobbying on tax reform she is also expanded its business abroad cutting one fifth of its workforce within the u.s. since two thousand and two placing their profits made here at home into offshore accounts and they also hire the best of the best including former i.r.s. and treasury officials for accounting purposes i'd say that it's pretty clear that our system needs reform and how do we go abou
and how did make you feel to find out that the largest corporation in america pays no income tax thanks to an exposé in the new york times today we now know that it's true g.e. or general electric reported five point one billion dollars in profits from business done within the u.s. last year but they've paid zero income tax and in fact claim a tax benefit of three point two billion dollars so it's another example of corporate tax evasion joining the ranks of bank of america exxon mobil and we...
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he came to america in 1959. he went to hawaii. you referred to in 1965 essay he wrote in which problems facing out socialism and he called himself an african socialist. do you think -- you describe that essay in the context of the dates within kenya, and it was in effect when we think of intercolonial some we think that there are different species of anticolonialism. there was the pro-western amoore market and there was tom, obama's father's mentor and more on the left and then on the far left basically pro-soviet and so you have these species of anticolonialism. talk a little about that landscape because i think it is fascinating people think of anticolonialism as one thing but it actually has many different. >> guest: it was an exciting time in kenya because they had at long last of their independence from the british in 1963 and all the students in the american universities were pouring back into nairobi to get the jobs in government and most of which were vacated by the british who were going home. and so it was a very excitin
he came to america in 1959. he went to hawaii. you referred to in 1965 essay he wrote in which problems facing out socialism and he called himself an african socialist. do you think -- you describe that essay in the context of the dates within kenya, and it was in effect when we think of intercolonial some we think that there are different species of anticolonialism. there was the pro-western amoore market and there was tom, obama's father's mentor and more on the left and then on the far left...
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he's considering a run for president next year that an exclusive interview today with good morning america and he spoke about a host of issues and was asked if he believes president obama was actually born here in the u.s. take a listen to his response on a really smart guy i was a really good student at the best deal in the country the reason i have a little doubt just a little bit because you grew up in nobody knew him when you interview people have i ever got the nomination if i ever decide to run you may go back you need to do people from my kindergarten there remember me nobody ever comes forward nobody knows who we use or till later in his life very strange. so donald trump is a burger who knew i was actually joining the group of crazy people who doubt that president obama was born in hawaii that's pretty stunning news coming from from considering the company that he's choosing to associate himself with here are just a few examples of berger's who made headlines recently arguing that obama was actually born in kenya not the u.s. . the president obviously has to do is just produce he
he's considering a run for president next year that an exclusive interview today with good morning america and he spoke about a host of issues and was asked if he believes president obama was actually born here in the u.s. take a listen to his response on a really smart guy i was a really good student at the best deal in the country the reason i have a little doubt just a little bit because you grew up in nobody knew him when you interview people have i ever got the nomination if i ever decide...
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what residents of america's largest city want to be one. are at war with america's largest corporation almost rules of mom and pop which to be destroyed it could not be supportive to wal-mart they have the money they have the power they have the pool but we have the people thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city wal-mart free the corporate behemoths is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple vegas wants no product spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs new york city's low income community we all want what is going to happen with a committee called a low day does a beautiful day at the supermarket going to a lot of bases is that going to create more jobs where you're going to you're going to win two jobs we think you're going to squeeze out the world's largest retailer reels unmatched buying power and prices impossible for small businesses to be tapped studies have shown urban wal-mart stores absorbing self causing up to twenty five percent of surrounding
what residents of america's largest city want to be one. are at war with america's largest corporation almost rules of mom and pop which to be destroyed it could not be supportive to wal-mart they have the money they have the power they have the pool but we have the people thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city wal-mart free the corporate behemoths is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple vegas wants no product spending millions on ad campaigns promising to...
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which you see stopped cars and gates supposed people will secure because nations of both egypt and america that to you is a sell to cisco the internet in spain you see not far from libya see there are concerns of a possible american intervention in addition to a possible push when my colleague in london or in it looks at what some intervention would mean for libya and we do not in any way rule out the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a. crumples posted no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq it's looking very dangerous news looking quite possible that we will launch such an attack with or without approval and so we're looking at almost a repeat of what happened in iraq and the results suspect really large of the same but no separate countries getting that treatment and libya is not the only african nation in turmoil somalia is drawn out conflict has been called a slow genocide but there's little sign of us all
which you see stopped cars and gates supposed people will secure because nations of both egypt and america that to you is a sell to cisco the internet in spain you see not far from libya see there are concerns of a possible american intervention in addition to a possible push when my colleague in london or in it looks at what some intervention would mean for libya and we do not in any way rule out the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own...
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this is partisan this is math so why do republicans think wealth inequality in america is a good thing. this is an issue about republicans think wanting wealth inequality in the end i think what republicans conservatives are looking for is people to actually succeed on their own i mean look union membership has been on the decline for a number of years simply so has. no i don't really see it on their own the roads the public schools the infrastructure that we all benefit from is something that all companies and the country benefit and the workers benefit from it as well and the fact is that the tax code had shifted and helped chip chip thought well this kind of focus that people who are in big business and who are shipping jobs overseas and disadvantaging the workers that you know that that's ok that that's fine. the unions are the problem so much private sector unions are fine because leadership mutual counterweights you have the leaders representing the union members and on the opposite side you've got corporate representatives who is looking out for the shareholders but that dynamic
this is partisan this is math so why do republicans think wealth inequality in america is a good thing. this is an issue about republicans think wanting wealth inequality in the end i think what republicans conservatives are looking for is people to actually succeed on their own i mean look union membership has been on the decline for a number of years simply so has. no i don't really see it on their own the roads the public schools the infrastructure that we all benefit from is something that...
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are at war with america's largest corporation. to. be sure. they have the money they have the power they have the pool we have. thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city well mark free the corporate to him it is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple a bigger selection of products spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs new york city's low income communities but we all want to see what is going to happen with the coming of the little boat. some are going to go out of business or is there going to be more jobs where you're going to get you know going to going to god with then you're going to lose three jobs the roots largest retailer wields unmatched buying power in prices impossible for small businesses to beat past studies have shown urban wal-mart stores are absorbing sales causing up to twenty five percent of surrounding shops to shut down the river to get into new york city supply shop owner lenny juco calls won't mark a weapon of mass job destruction of e
are at war with america's largest corporation. to. be sure. they have the money they have the power they have the pool we have. thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city well mark free the corporate to him it is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple a bigger selection of products spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs new york city's low income communities but we all want to see what is going to happen with...
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to your lab must be some way to get them to reimburse him for the urban america practice sexually. in the wallace redirect the budget from the will because they were against the war in keep expanding the premise. that the big deal is there people who lost their spirits in november leave could be taken over him so we need to be needed to there with enthusiasm come april so it's in the state we have taken a man look at me and i'll lend you a little in in the world they can live the richest employ on the same day and we have big master registration build a campaign in the next one a slab we can make it's pavement it was caught so there will be a group around the country as a stand alone inspection with the. i and then it seems like it might actually even happen reverend jesse jackson thanks so much for being with us today thank you very much. now i want to go to somebody else with boots on the ground in madison lisa graves is the executive director at the center for media and democracy and formerly the deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal policy of the u.s. justice
to your lab must be some way to get them to reimburse him for the urban america practice sexually. in the wallace redirect the budget from the will because they were against the war in keep expanding the premise. that the big deal is there people who lost their spirits in november leave could be taken over him so we need to be needed to there with enthusiasm come april so it's in the state we have taken a man look at me and i'll lend you a little in in the world they can live the richest employ...
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for the wealth of america then peace symbol of tulip full of modern twenty billion dollars . all of the state budget deficits compare and then deal. flow into states. how can we best take these people on average as. well as the vix must be made accountable for taking a break the last must be some way to get them to reinvent and for the urban america back to expect rumors. in the woman must be direct to purchase from the will because they were just a lot and cheaper spending the planets. the deal is there people who lost their spirit in the lead the brown can be taken over and so we need to be needed to there we can do that and come april so it seems the state may have taken a mammogram ianal and get a little in in the was they can live the richest and good illustration they can be a big mess so you read descriptions go to champaign in the mix when a fire can make a statement it was caught so they will be heard around the country as a stand alone inspection but if they prefer it could be. and it seems like it might actually even happen reverend jesse jackson thanks so much for
for the wealth of america then peace symbol of tulip full of modern twenty billion dollars . all of the state budget deficits compare and then deal. flow into states. how can we best take these people on average as. well as the vix must be made accountable for taking a break the last must be some way to get them to reinvent and for the urban america back to expect rumors. in the woman must be direct to purchase from the will because they were just a lot and cheaper spending the planets. the...
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i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. that's not the clip i was talking about but are you convinced that failure to act in libya would have carried a greater i can rarely be convinced that killing people first state purposes under whatever humanitarian guys you want to disguise it. is usually a bad decision in this case i reserve judgment until i see what it produces now you can say they took on all the chance because the odds on what it producing being better than what it thought follows i mean conceded that are pretty slim in my view but if it does then i have to say good decision if it doesn't or it's just neutral or it's a return to roughly the same thing disguised as something better then why would people why spend this money for something that accomplishes relatively nothing and those are all the questions of course and that's why people want a clear answer right now as to why strategy is water and go away as if you're already spending money do you think that by the way now defense cuts are completely off the table
i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. that's not the clip i was talking about but are you convinced that failure to act in libya would have carried a greater i can rarely be convinced that killing people first state purposes under whatever humanitarian guys you want to disguise it. is usually a bad decision in this case i reserve judgment until i see what it produces now you can say they took on all the chance because the odds on what...
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workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they voted on their own rules they vote on on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule with your i don't know you mean much more democratic you're getting state senators in wisconsin who are elected to do it who flee for them because they're union members not a member of a union. but they're fleeing democracy to pay their union masters who don't want them to vote for this wisconsin whether they're not a member of a union first of all and secondly i don't know that it has any do with their union masters union message even though you don't think that by the way have either shall we call scott west or you call david coca scott walker's master well i mean you're of authority on poodles i'm just wondering why don't you have unions gave four hundred million dollars to democratic candidates in the two thousand election cycle would you hadn't it that that makes them a credi
workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they voted on their own rules they vote on on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule with your i don't know you mean much more democratic you're getting state senators in wisconsin who are elected to do it who flee for them because they're union members not a member...
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and you know i think he really had that on when you talk about corporate america very because even with this health care legislation that was passed obviously it's not perfect there are a lot of people out there who critique it but it just makes you wonder if anything that's going to get passed whatever really make a difference if we don't talk about corporate control in america the same way that was performed basically just allows the banks to skirt around that reform i feel like the same you know it's the same thing with health care the insurance industry's still went out at the end. yeah you're absolutely right the number one problem we have in this country right now is the fact that corporate america controls all ok they control the wealth they control all the legislation you know that is the number one reason why the power of the people is you know not being listened to because politicians are getting all of their campaign money from corporations you know big america didn't spend any money in two thousand and nine on federal taxes in fact the government paid big america back becaus
and you know i think he really had that on when you talk about corporate america very because even with this health care legislation that was passed obviously it's not perfect there are a lot of people out there who critique it but it just makes you wonder if anything that's going to get passed whatever really make a difference if we don't talk about corporate control in america the same way that was performed basically just allows the banks to skirt around that reform i feel like the same you...
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as if they were opposites but you asked us at the beginning peter to reflect on whether america has and thing to learn from these movements and i think it does because i believe that these movements are at least in part a symptom of the collapse of the world financial system i mentioned the quantitative easing in other words the massive printing of dollars a few moments ago and this has had an inflationary effect this is driven up food prices. that's one of the reasons why people are writing in north africa by the same token in wisconsin we're seeing public sector workers being asked the fact if you take pay cuts or the removal of various privileges because the culture of debt on which the united states and like most western states has lived for so long is coming to an end the chickens are coming home to roost the bills are having to be paid so we're seeing an unraveling of the really the entire post-war financial international system here and that's why i think these events are actually linked in a way which people probably haven't even thought about running if you want to feel the
as if they were opposites but you asked us at the beginning peter to reflect on whether america has and thing to learn from these movements and i think it does because i believe that these movements are at least in part a symptom of the collapse of the world financial system i mentioned the quantitative easing in other words the massive printing of dollars a few moments ago and this has had an inflationary effect this is driven up food prices. that's one of the reasons why people are writing in...
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secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for moral funks road washington's message after they see america's losing the media war the us is already spending over seven hundred million dollars a year on international broadcasting. our next big liberal and his guests all of you whether there's a democratic future for the middle east and north africa or the region will remain a hotbed of terror. came. along and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john locke and he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in phoenix we go to rachel alexander she is coeditor of the intellectual conservative and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks this is cross talk that
secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for moral funks road washington's message after they see america's losing the media war the us is already spending over seven hundred million dollars a year on international broadcasting. our next big liberal and his guests all of you whether there's a democratic future for the middle east and north africa or the region will remain a hotbed of terror. came. along and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe...
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and we find out the bank of america the g.e. the exxon mobile they absolutely no income tax the quite the opposite they get billions of dollars in return the corporate profits are now reaching unexpected highs and of the economy and unemployment are still completely stagnant. how does that make you feel what obviously paying tax on the very little amount of money that i own relative to these corporations is sickening but that's again us plays into the myth big myth in america that america isn't a socialist country roker is a socialist country it's just socialist the other way around it's a corporate socialist system whereby the rich. profit from from the government the government vote them out when they get in trouble and they get zero percent. loans from the thread. where as if you're poor or middle class or you're in your own business that you if you can survive the market you're on your own the rich however have a rigged system. that's relying on the taxpayers to bail them out when they get in trouble corporate socialism than
and we find out the bank of america the g.e. the exxon mobile they absolutely no income tax the quite the opposite they get billions of dollars in return the corporate profits are now reaching unexpected highs and of the economy and unemployment are still completely stagnant. how does that make you feel what obviously paying tax on the very little amount of money that i own relative to these corporations is sickening but that's again us plays into the myth big myth in america that america isn't...
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i think that what's really going to lead to the end of america art is things like citizens united i love how do i back or better they don't talk about that at all they don't talk about the fact that corporations now have the right to fund politicians with a limited amounts of money ok i think that that's what undermines our democracy and i think that's what will the bench will lead to the end of america but i love how they never bring that up they bring up the fact that they think health care providing little babies with health care is going to ruin the country i mean anybody who believes in these clowns or loses or these clowns there's just heartless individuals who don't really have their priorities straight. and you know i think he really had to when you talk about corporate america there because even with this health care legislation that was passed obviously it's not perfect there are a lot of people out there who are critique it but it just makes you wonder if anything that's going to get passed will ever really make a difference if we don't talk about corporate control in america
i think that what's really going to lead to the end of america art is things like citizens united i love how do i back or better they don't talk about that at all they don't talk about the fact that corporations now have the right to fund politicians with a limited amounts of money ok i think that that's what undermines our democracy and i think that's what will the bench will lead to the end of america but i love how they never bring that up they bring up the fact that they think health care...
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he came to america in 1959. >> yes. >> he went to hawaii. you report in a 1965 essay he wrote in which problems facing our socialism and he called himself an african socialist. you describe that essay in the context of debates within kenya. and in hawaii. >> yes. >> when we think of anticolonial. there's different species of anticolonial. there was tom, obama's father's mentor. he was more on the left and then on the far left who was basically pro-soviet and so you've got these species of anticolonialism. talk a little bit about that landscape because i think it's fascinating. people think of anticolonialism as one thing but it's -- it has many different colors. >> it was actually a very exciting time in kenya because they had at long last got their independence in british in 1963. and all the students in american university were all pulling back into nairobi, you know, to get the johnson government and mostly which had been vacated by the british who were going home. and so it was a very exciting time in which the government was trying to f
he came to america in 1959. >> yes. >> he went to hawaii. you report in a 1965 essay he wrote in which problems facing our socialism and he called himself an african socialist. you describe that essay in the context of debates within kenya. and in hawaii. >> yes. >> when we think of anticolonial. there's different species of anticolonial. there was tom, obama's father's mentor. he was more on the left and then on the far left who was basically pro-soviet and so you've...
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to nine eleven almost a nine ten commission we need a period of reconciliation and truth telling in america so that we can move on we had the community doing here last week it's approach the international president greenpeace he fought in the south african movement as a fifteen year old starting out you know and his thoughts on the peace reconciliation commission were. very positive a little ambivalent at times you've actually introduced articles of impeachment against bush and cheney in the two minutes we have left your thoughts on the lessons we could learn from south africa or lessons that we might learn from other adventures of africa brought everyone forward who was involved in apartheid and their cruelties that happened and they had to come forward with their story and then there would bear was a determination about what would be the right. sentence or condition that they'd have to adhere to in order to be forgiven. president bush and dick cheney and secretary rumsfeld and secretary rice and all of those who were involved at that time are a very difficult situation because we went to
to nine eleven almost a nine ten commission we need a period of reconciliation and truth telling in america so that we can move on we had the community doing here last week it's approach the international president greenpeace he fought in the south african movement as a fifteen year old starting out you know and his thoughts on the peace reconciliation commission were. very positive a little ambivalent at times you've actually introduced articles of impeachment against bush and cheney in the...
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and by that mean off the shores of america. when you look at previous presidents, reagan, carter, clinton, they are recognizable american type. you may approve or disapprove but you can recognize them right away. obama's maternal side grew up in kansas and move to seattle and in hawaii. even she comes out of a somewhat beginning american background. you focus on his father site and you trace it pretty far back. if i could just, i want to read the names of some of the ancestors here, the grandfather, jaramogi oginga odinga, jomo kenyatta. you're going back to 1624. why this ancient history? >> well, what's interesting for what you said, you might have noticed that old names began with oh, and actually the luo tribe, which the obama came from, they name all their mails with the letter of. and the women have a name starting with the letter a. it's because really when obama was elected, even when he was a candidate in the campaign, there were books and tv programs but they all concentrate on his life in america. there's another who
and by that mean off the shores of america. when you look at previous presidents, reagan, carter, clinton, they are recognizable american type. you may approve or disapprove but you can recognize them right away. obama's maternal side grew up in kansas and move to seattle and in hawaii. even she comes out of a somewhat beginning american background. you focus on his father site and you trace it pretty far back. if i could just, i want to read the names of some of the ancestors here, the...
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i think that i think all life is precious but i think once it becomes a political issue that we in america can make abortions less necessary through prenatal care postnatal care child care universal health care a living wage and create a climate where all life would truly be valued from you know not just during the time of conception but when one birth occurs and for a time you know my own catholic faith i felt very strongly that there was only one way to look at it but then the women in my life and people from other faiths started to share their point of view i listened carefully and i decided that we need to we need to heal the nation on this issue we can you cannot heal it by saying it has to be my way or no way are there many different ways to look at the world and i think we can steer a course where those who are concerned about abortion and i understand their concern where there will be satisfied by knowing that we'll have a country where where abortion is wouldn't be seen as a first option for some people and for those who are concerned about protecting a woman's right to choose whi
i think that i think all life is precious but i think once it becomes a political issue that we in america can make abortions less necessary through prenatal care postnatal care child care universal health care a living wage and create a climate where all life would truly be valued from you know not just during the time of conception but when one birth occurs and for a time you know my own catholic faith i felt very strongly that there was only one way to look at it but then the women in my...
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he came to america in 1959, he went to hawaii. you refer to a 1965 essay that he wrote and which problems facing us are socialism and he called himself an african specialist. to describe that essay in the context of debates within kenya and it was. when we think of anticolonialism we think there are different species of anticolonialism. it was more pro-western, more pre-market, it was tom, obama's tauter's mentor. he was more on the left and then on the far left and he was basically pro-soviet and so you have these species of anticolonialism. talk a little bit about that landscape. it's fascinating people often think about anticolonialism as one thing, but it actually has many different colors. >> guest: it was an exciting time in kenya because they had at long last gotten their independence in 1963 and all the students in the american universities for all pulling back into my robie to get jobs in government most of which had been vacated by the british who were going home. and was a very exciting time in which the government woul
he came to america in 1959, he went to hawaii. you refer to a 1965 essay that he wrote and which problems facing us are socialism and he called himself an african specialist. to describe that essay in the context of debates within kenya and it was. when we think of anticolonialism we think there are different species of anticolonialism. it was more pro-western, more pre-market, it was tom, obama's tauter's mentor. he was more on the left and then on the far left and he was basically pro-soviet...
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are much more on the line than america does. and there's so much anti- american sentiment that by putting america in the forefront, you simply aid and abet gaddafi's paranoia that this is really just a plot to steal their oil. >> we have frozen under president obama's instructions libyan assets is. we have also gained from the united nations a ruling on this -- not a ruling but a message from them, which is comprehensive. do you think that's an achievement? plus the fact we have no longer doing business with the embassy, even though it is not a rupture of diplomatic relations. >> yeah. looking to be fair to president obama, i've been very critical of him on pretty much everything, but to be fair to him i think he's looking at the libyan situation through a pragmatic lens, and he is saying which is what should ask, before committing troops, does the situation involve america's national security interests? the argument could go both ways. i understand what some are calling for, this is a humanitarian crisis, there's a moral obliga
are much more on the line than america does. and there's so much anti- american sentiment that by putting america in the forefront, you simply aid and abet gaddafi's paranoia that this is really just a plot to steal their oil. >> we have frozen under president obama's instructions libyan assets is. we have also gained from the united nations a ruling on this -- not a ruling but a message from them, which is comprehensive. do you think that's an achievement? plus the fact we have no longer...
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caller: my question is about the merchant marines in america. how do we rank as far as the merchant marines in the world? i know that early on we were number one in commercial shipping and now have dropped out mostly due to insurance. guest: of the u.s. merchant marine is approximately 97 ships right now. it is not one of the largest ones. other countries have made it more of an emphasis. if we finance a good generally over $20 million, we require that it go on the u.s. a flagship. one of the primary purposes of the merchant marines is so the military has a backstop. host: columbia, south carolina, good morning. caller: good morning. i am just calling to give the gentleman his props. it is a good company. i run a local funeral home and we purchase products regularly from the german company ourselves and their prices are reasonable. every time we deal with the u.s. export-import bank for products and services, i think it is well worth using the company. it is an honorable company. you can ask many local funeral homes across the united states abou
caller: my question is about the merchant marines in america. how do we rank as far as the merchant marines in the world? i know that early on we were number one in commercial shipping and now have dropped out mostly due to insurance. guest: of the u.s. merchant marine is approximately 97 ships right now. it is not one of the largest ones. other countries have made it more of an emphasis. if we finance a good generally over $20 million, we require that it go on the u.s. a flagship. one of the...
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and he knows in this world, the united states of america is a force for good. the american people, reagan said, are hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair. he was all of these things himself. and everyone could see that. we can all think of leaders throughout history who had qualities of greatness but came up a little short in the qualities of goodness. and somehow, when we remember this great man, we think of his goodness. >> he was engaged in the biggest events of his time, the kindness, and courtesy were never, ever beneath him. just the way he carried himself, that confident, gentlemanly manner. all class. and in hollywood, you can't even fake that. sometimes the best tributes come from opponents because they're the ones looking for weaknesses, and it was a notable adversary who said of president reagan, a large yes of spirit infused his presidency. he lifted our vision and enlarged our conception of this nation and its mission on earth. his time will long glow in history and in memories. that was pretty high praise coming as it did from
and he knows in this world, the united states of america is a force for good. the american people, reagan said, are hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair. he was all of these things himself. and everyone could see that. we can all think of leaders throughout history who had qualities of greatness but came up a little short in the qualities of goodness. and somehow, when we remember this great man, we think of his goodness. >> he was engaged in the biggest events of...
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i love i love america i mean it seems first of all. i guess my first question is don't people histories realize that loving america maybe is not a great idea considering that america propped up mubarak i mean do they make the connection there i don't think there was much worrying about. american it wasn't about. american sentiment at this point it was about a very curious domestic condition and people have a collective do you know about changing whether the american media cannot step up to how progressive this revolution was in portraying it then it becomes a problem but this is a very progressive revolution i can assure you well i remember one of the first option of barack obama made when he became president was he made a grand speech here in cairo promised a lot of things and then renay got all those promises but obama as he still held was some steam here or people kind of now figured out that he's just a banker puppet well and i think. that it's a recent recent courses. which were basically lining up with the pope to do more or not
i love i love america i mean it seems first of all. i guess my first question is don't people histories realize that loving america maybe is not a great idea considering that america propped up mubarak i mean do they make the connection there i don't think there was much worrying about. american it wasn't about. american sentiment at this point it was about a very curious domestic condition and people have a collective do you know about changing whether the american media cannot step up to how...
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for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution america think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of. you have this thing. for example stayed very largely out of it and then suddenly when the resolution is passed it makes very specific demands which clearly were not in the resolution that demands that for example the government forces pull back from a series of towns that kind of thing so you have you have clear intentions to. different parties to make of it what they will and i think that we will see that process roll around very similar situation going on in in bahrain is in many ways exactly the opposite features are in the train for example robert gates united states defense secretary goes through. we can go as talks leave and two days later the. gulf corporation council especially saudi forces go in and they go in and they intervene on the side of those source or similar about stopping the war in bahrain by effectively intervening on the side of the government in the case of libya they want to quote stop the war by intervening on the side of the rebe
for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution america think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of. you have this thing. for example stayed very largely out of it and then suddenly when the resolution is passed it makes very specific demands which clearly were not in the resolution that demands that for example the government forces pull back from a series of towns that kind of thing so you have you have clear intentions to. different parties to make of it what...
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acrÓpolis en grecia quedaron a oscuras durante 60 minus para combatir el cambio climÁtico, varios paÍses de amÉrica latina y ciudades de estados unidos se sumaron a la iniciativa. se aporta emisiÓn global de la hora del planeta. llegamos al final de las noticias, gracias por habernos acompaÑado, que pase usted muy buenas noches. >> los hispanos
acrÓpolis en grecia quedaron a oscuras durante 60 minus para combatir el cambio climÁtico, varios paÍses de amÉrica latina y ciudades de estados unidos se sumaron a la iniciativa. se aporta emisiÓn global de la hora del planeta. llegamos al final de las noticias, gracias por habernos acompaÑado, que pase usted muy buenas noches. >> los hispanos
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america's. what some of called intervention itis. we intervened based on lies in iraq we intervened based on a misreading of history in afghanistan are we going to rein in pakistan we're going to call virtually across the globe it's time that america began to realize that these interventions have not made us more secure they've made us less secure every occupation fuels an insurgency in the case of libya and intervention would be disastrous would be intervening in a civil war now certainly we should be concerned about what happens to the people in libya but we do not have a right to be able to pick who's going to win or lose there because the minute we intervene let's say we intervened on behalf of those who are protesting and the horrible activities of because the government then khadafi would turn around and say see their us pawns and it would really undermine the ability to create change within the country of libya so the united states has to take a more modest approach in and work with the world community on matters of human secu
america's. what some of called intervention itis. we intervened based on lies in iraq we intervened based on a misreading of history in afghanistan are we going to rein in pakistan we're going to call virtually across the globe it's time that america began to realize that these interventions have not made us more secure they've made us less secure every occupation fuels an insurgency in the case of libya and intervention would be disastrous would be intervening in a civil war now certainly we...
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could resort to military action in libya if violence continues there are reports america has already asked the saudis to arm the rebels and you can france said to be drafting a u.n. resolution aimed at imposing a no fly zone. and the media reporting from libya as accused of blowing the unrest on the proportion to get headlines conflicting reports on who's in control of different cities and the number of casualties from the country suggests the truth is still hidden from view. the massive inflow of illegal immigrants from arab countries fuels anti muslim sentiments in the european states taking them in germany's new interior minister has become the latest prompted to enter the immigration debate he said his land does not belong in europe. but i'll be back with more news for us than thirty minutes from now i mean time the fight for the rights of american workers and crosstalk look at the protests in wisconsin which testing a cornerstone of the country's and marcy that's crossed from next. week we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms. of the future coverage
could resort to military action in libya if violence continues there are reports america has already asked the saudis to arm the rebels and you can france said to be drafting a u.n. resolution aimed at imposing a no fly zone. and the media reporting from libya as accused of blowing the unrest on the proportion to get headlines conflicting reports on who's in control of different cities and the number of casualties from the country suggests the truth is still hidden from view. the massive inflow...
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is losing the global information that america's media corporations do the job on losing out to rivals like al jazeera and see a wish. and an aussie deal the soviet union has been celebrating his eightieth birthday and on the whole go but all day but in a wall came down on democratic reforms but critics say the goal destruction. is to have lost to the. right it's time for tonight's tool time award and we're giving it to fox news for their coverage of the wisconsin union protests now if you watched any of their fair and balanced coverage you might be under the impression that there's been a lot of violence and madison take a look at the clip of this fox reporter mike tobin doing a live report only blurts out to fox nation that he was assaulted by a protester. you know but i put him in this situation because you're being cheap. you're. there is just. going right. now that got let me show this is what you know. it sounds very very serious i'm sure that mike was really shaken up by this brazen attack.
is losing the global information that america's media corporations do the job on losing out to rivals like al jazeera and see a wish. and an aussie deal the soviet union has been celebrating his eightieth birthday and on the whole go but all day but in a wall came down on democratic reforms but critics say the goal destruction. is to have lost to the. right it's time for tonight's tool time award and we're giving it to fox news for their coverage of the wisconsin union protests now if you...
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chipping away at a self-proclaimed key to successful diplomacy for generations the united states of america has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom the united states is losing influence. now in some sort of a democratic nation and trees but it looks like a good receiver will mark especially considering the one states hasn't won the war decisively since the end of world war two and while former soldiers certainly get it if you look at all the animosity towards the us today it comes from our military interventions politicians seem blissfully unaware and started churkin our party new york. so clearly there are a lot of questions here especially as to whether the u.s. can afford another war financially and politically but you know scott i was really so taken i was just thinking about the fact that like you said that we may already be arming these rebels i can't get over the amount of dishonesty if really that is the case and the other thing is that hillary clinton came before congress today or she didn't go for the she spoke to a few members
chipping away at a self-proclaimed key to successful diplomacy for generations the united states of america has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom the united states is losing influence. now in some sort of a democratic nation and trees but it looks like a good receiver will mark especially considering the one states hasn't won the war decisively since the end of world war two and while former soldiers certainly get it if you look at all the...
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two million people here in the united states of that health insurance so the war on sick people in america is much larger in scope or then there's the war on democracy itself. earlier this year republicans are busy stripping public foundations from elections city council a poor a student public funding for elections for the city of portland oregon to the white house that way more money came go to big corporations to elect our political leaders and frankly come from big corporations i guess we've become less democratic than libya or finally have no reason to fight a war there and for finally and perhaps most importantly republicans are likely to start their war on atheists this week and declare in god we trust is the national motto after all going to war without an official bato is like playing a football game without an official cheer you just can't do it. so can you really blame the republicans for dropping the ball on the constitution's requirement that they debate and then vote on whether or not to go to war with libya with all these other wars waging i can't envision there's congressma
two million people here in the united states of that health insurance so the war on sick people in america is much larger in scope or then there's the war on democracy itself. earlier this year republicans are busy stripping public foundations from elections city council a poor a student public funding for elections for the city of portland oregon to the white house that way more money came go to big corporations to elect our political leaders and frankly come from big corporations i guess...
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congo and people in america don't believe that we have any hands our hands into the oil in in in in not when we start libya in fact the oil massively are huge and all concessions are huge and it's a massive oil operations going on with the support of the involvement of italy france and britain since the one nine hundred seventy since nine hundred fifty nine when he was once covered the u.s. hasn't had a piece of that part and the idea is to convince continue to convince the american public that genocide is happening in libya which is absolute nonsense and therefore we need to take it you know the all powerful right american role is to go out there and save somebody that needs saving and actually were involved in the killing because we're i believe we're supporting the rebels in libya i love a genocide only one of politically convenient i guess and after the problem journalists i mean have you seen have you seen any sort of a change in terms of maybe your reports being that they're finding more home market for your reports and more of an interest in alternative sources of media. the stor
congo and people in america don't believe that we have any hands our hands into the oil in in in in not when we start libya in fact the oil massively are huge and all concessions are huge and it's a massive oil operations going on with the support of the involvement of italy france and britain since the one nine hundred seventy since nine hundred fifty nine when he was once covered the u.s. hasn't had a piece of that part and the idea is to convince continue to convince the american public that...